Social Justice Implications of Funding the Provision of Adult English as a Second Language
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11228772 |
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| Authors | Bill Hampel (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1994 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 44-58 |
| Publication date | 1994-02-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Australian Journal of Social Issues (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0157-6321 • E-ISSN: 1839-4655 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/j.1839-4655.1994.tb00935.x |
| OpenAlex | W2242412922 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
National economic salvation through improved productivity and quality is surely more likely when English language skills of Non‐English Speaking Background settlers are maximised. This article argues however, that the recent federal user‐pays scheme for funding adult ESL will impose considerable hardship on many prospective and newly‐arrived settlers. The paper briefly surveys the directions and scope of existing and proposed funding schemes; identifies some of the sociological objections to the user‐pays scheme; and then advances an alternative approach that more strictly upholds principles of social justice
Economic growth · Economic Justice · Economics · English language · Epistemology · Law and economics · Political science · Productivity · Project commissioning · Public relations · Publishing · Quality (philosophy · Scheme (mathematics · Scope (computer science · Social justice · Sociology · Computer Science · Education Systems and Policy · Law · Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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